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The average age of coronavirus victims in Italy is 81. The average life expectancy is 82. Before "throttling" the next person that says it, have you considere
by ShorsHammer 7y ago
The average age of coronavirus victims in Italy is 81.
The average life expectancy is 82.
Before "throttling" the next person that says it, have you considered these people's opinion that this will not be anywhere near as bad as a regular flu season and far from a severe one which is over 600,000 deaths globally? There's a good chance corona is displacing a lot of the deaths that would have occurred anyway due to the flu.
As far as things are going, the infections and death toll is nowhere near what flu has already inflicted on the global population in the last 4 months.
Why are people not taking the same precautions for the flu in the last few years? Why do people suddenly care so much? It's very much a media driven situation.
SARS in 2002 had no cases anywhere after two years of outbreaks. Something to think about. History can look back on these comments here and judge.
- erentz 7y ago> The average age of coronavirus victims in Italy is 81. The average life expectancy is 82. A proper comparison would be the average life expectancy of someone who is 81. The comparison you make gives the impression on average these people were all going to die next year which isn’t the case. E.g. in 1994 in the US the life expectancy of an 80 y/o male was 7 years, female 9 years. [1] [1] https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/7565998/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/m/pubmed/7565998/
- achenatx 7y agoyou can use this calculator to look at life expectancy at any age for most countries. For italy life expectancy at 80 is 89. https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/your-life-expectancy-by-age https://www.worldlifeexpectancy.com/your-life-expectancy-by-...
- ShorsHammer 7y agoBoth of us are using averages here, do you not see the flaw in this logic?
- trophycase 7y agoThe death rate of 3.4% as claimed is massive. Some people look at that and think it's small, but for something so contagious that's huge. If it spreads on a pandemic scale someone you know will die from it, almost guaranteed. You just can't say that about the flu.
- SpicyLemonZest 7y agoThe death rate of 3.4% as claimed is a mathematical artifact, not an estimate for “how likely am I to die if I get COVID-19”. Most knowledgeable authorities I've seen suggest reasonable estimates for that second number are 1% or lower, although admittedly that's still a much higher range than the flu.
- ShorsHammer 7y agoKorean numbers are really the best info we have on the virus and yet you will never see anyone citing them. Guess it doesn't get as many clicks.